Alfred James Harris

A. J. Harris
Service no. G/18601
Private, Royal Sussex Regiment, 2nd Battalion
Born in South Lambeth; enlisted in Camberwell
Killed in action age 19 on 17 October 1918
Remembered at Vadencourt British Cemetery, Maissemy, Aisne, France

Information from the 1911 census

In 1911 Alfred James as a 12-year-old schoolboy living with his family at 14 Larkhall Lane, where they occupied 7 rooms. Frederick James Harris, 51, a brewery stoker and Eliza Mary Harris, 56, did not give birthplaces. They had 8 children, 5 of whom were included on the census return:
William John Harris, 30, a railway stoker, born in Twickenham
Albert Frank Harris, 26, a packer, born in Twickenham
Edith Alice Harris, 17, a dressmaker’s assistant, born in South Lambeth
Minnie Eliza Harris, 16, a packer, born in South Lambeth
Alfred James Harris, 12, born in South Lambeth